Butterfly Babies

Beautiful full-color illustrations and amusing verses recapture the magic of butterflies in this fanciful book from 1914. All characters are based on real species, and the text cites their common and scientific names.

“Once there was a little baby who didn’t want to take her nap. So she crawled away to explore!” This naptime picture book follows the tired little baby’s trip around her own yard, where she meets friendly animals and discovers that being “squirrely” and “owly” like them only make her more sleepy. Finally, she curls up to sleep in her own silky blanket like her friend the caterpillar. Adorable illustrations make Butterfly Baby an instant bedtime favorite!

This book is about spirit children and how they manifested themselves in the author's life and work.

Beatris lives by herself. She desperately wants to not be alone. Then one day while walking through the forest she finds an answer to her loneliness.

WHAT IF I CAN'T? “Will elicit plenty of giggles." -- Kirkus Reviews Which way to the flowers? That way. 200 miles. How am I supposed to travel that far?! You fly. Can I take a plane? No. Then I'll never make it! This comical companion to Ross Burach's The Very Impatient Caterpillar pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. Remember, if at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again!

Elinor and her friends investigate why they’ve never seen a baby butterfly. On an outing to the park, Elinor, Ari and Olive can’t decide whether they should watch butterflies (Ari’s favorite) or caterpillars (Olive’s favorite). This gets Elinor wondering: Why has she never seen a baby butterfly? The friends search high and low in the park - no baby butterflies. But then they spot a cocoon and as they watch, something unusual happens! If they pay close attention, will they solve the mystery of the baby butterflies? (And discover how Olive’s and Ari’s favorite animals are connected?) Sure to transform kids’ inquisitiveness about insects: they’ll never look at caterpillars - or butterflies - the same way again!

Directions for simple experiments which require only a microscope and household objects to prove some basic scientific facts about plants, animals, and human beings.